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| Fire Fighter/Medic Captain James M. Jiron |
Prince George’s County Fire Fighter/Medic Captain James M.
Jiron has successfully completed the process for the professional designation
of “Fire Officer”. The Commission on
Professional Credentialing (CPC) officially titled Jiron on February 7, 2017, making
him one of only 370 fire officers worldwide.
Additionally, Captain Jiron has been selected as one of the inaugural recipients of the Michael
Worthington Fire Officer Designation Scholarship.
This scholarship covers the application
process and cost of registration for the 2017 Center for Public Safety
Excellence Conference in Anaheim, California, where he will be recognized as one
of five recipients from across the Country.
The CPC awards the Fire Officer designation following an
individual’s successful completion of the organization’s stringent
criteria. The process includes an
assessment of the applicant’s education, experience, professional development,
technical competencies, contributions to the profession, and community
involvement. In addition, all applicants
are required to identify a future development plan.
The Fire Officer Designation Program uses a comprehensive
peer review model to evaluate candidates seeking the credential.
The CPC, an entity of the Center for Public Safety Excellence,
Inc., administers the Fire Officer Designation Program. It consists of individuals from academia,
federal and local government, and the fire and emergency medical services
profession. To learn more about CPC,
visit www.publicsafetyexcellence.org.
Captain James Jiron currently serves as a Department Safety
Officer. In this position he is
responsible for overall safe procedures on both emergency and non-emergency
incidents. He received a Bronze Medal of Valor in 2011, for discovering a burning house, while off duty, and successfully removing two occupants before they were injured.
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